Bumping-post



R. B. IFISHER.

BUMPING POST. APPLIcAlon FILED ocT n, 191.9.

1,333,709. A Patented Mm.16,1920.

Tall'wbomitfbtaycomem: I f `f Be it knownthat I, RAYMOND ]fENsoN Fismin', a citizenofthe United States, and

residing at Harvey, inthe county of Cookand State of' Illinois, have invented certain new andfus'eful Improvements in Bumpin-gf i Posts, of which thefollowing-.is ya 'fulhclean A articularl e iiigand and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying' drawings, for-ming a part oi'th-is specieationpi Peste,

postrails which carry'thc` bumpingblock,

wl-legccbyv the bumping post may be vei'y'i'eadiljy and'easily installed on the running rails regard-less of whatever vsize lthe latter may* .happenI to' be, and* in a manner permitting the passageefreheleiwlleel flanges between the con-frntingfheadsfof saidgrail portions.

A further object of the invention is tof eliminate the customary practice of cuttin .l away portions ofthe rail base flanges, whic Apractice tended (l) to weaken the post structurevparticularly in the vicinity of rail joints, and (2) to"` reduce fthe seating capacity of these joints. By inyinvention the entire structure is simplified and cheapened,

and its eiiiciency and utility is increased.

These, together withsuch other advantages as may hereinafterbe described or are incident to my'invention, I attain by means of a" construction illustrated in a preferred form in the accompanying drawings,

- wherein:

Figures 1 and2are views,respectively, in

top plan and in section of a' bumping ,post to which my invention is shown applied, the

lower right hand rail joint being' Vsectioned there employed;`

Fig. 3 represents a Q ruiming rail;

YReferring to the drawings, the Vreference* 1 Sveeifeetiehefletters #stent Patented Mar. 116-, if applicati@ nie@ october `'1.1, 1919;, serial No. 339,124.

sectional view of the Vblock adapted for use with the largest size of auen#nrsaairxsneaies mman; uemelsasseuea Te eene- GQMPANY, Germanien er mil-Niels Y .inmune-rese@ wardthe-'runningrails and? termiiiateV in substantially parallel end portions-@reach posi,- tioned to confront van ropposed.portion -7 of one of the running rails where' the joint is to be made'.

The ensuing "description,` relates only to one of these joints as alloftheni are alike in every respect.Y As will bey secnrfroin'an inspection of Fig. 4,110 portion vof the footer base fof either rail? is Ycut-away or reduced at the joint.` In;

teieposedf between the rail* portions 6` andVV 1s anelongated spacing block 8 which is here positioned to seat on adjacent rail base flanges Y and' whose inner and outer-fsid'e'jfaces ref spectively contact with the opposedfaces ofY the webs (STfand' Tf of said railV portions to space apart-the .heads-andi 7a thereof, and" thereby f permit the passage; therebetween of the. wheel iangeof avehicle in its approach vtoward the bumping block B.V These rail webs are firmly clamped into a close and rigid association with the blocl by means-'of theclainping elements 9 .which extend through medial openings 10v provided in the block` for their reception to terminally engage the outer faces ofthe webs. One of these elements 'may, if desired, takek the form of a` brace` rod, as indicated by the reference numeral 9a, connecting each pair of joints.

Above-these openings 10,. the spacing .block 8, which ris preferably formed of metal (steel) -or other workable material, is provided with a longitudinal depression in its upperface constituting a wheel flange groove 11, the portions'12 and 13 at the sides As willbe obvious, the bumping post proper, together with the fillerl blocks and clamping elements are made, asa manufacturing proposition, for attachment tothe iixed running railsv withoutinvolving any change inthe latter other' than the drilling ythereof respectively being in contact with the underfaces of the rail heads 6- and 7a. Vhorizontally to disclose the spacing' blockv of the ,necessaryholes for'the clamping elements. These running rails are of Ycourse variably sized, while thefsize ofthe post rails C is generally fixed, utilizing' as for example a sixty pound rail for this purpose.

In orderto meet such a condition, the. filler i Y.

block, as initially manufactured has its outer rably suited to meet varying situations, and

in very simple and effective manner. It will also be noted that a maximum degree of rail base support and rigidity of the joint is afforded, andthat no portion of either rail base flange has to be cut away in order to permit the installation of the post. `Other advantages will be apparent to thosel skilled in they art. y Y r What I claim is :f-

l. A spacing bloc sized rail sections `having rail head supporting portions and a wheel flange groove formed therein between said portions, one

of'said portionsbeing higher and narrower` than the othersaid portion.

2. A'ller means adapted for interposition as a connection between a supplementary rail `section of predetermined size and a main ,rail section of undetermined size comprising an elongated block adapted to` k for opposed variably i rail head-engagingportion being relatively seat. upon adjacent base flanges of the sections and having its upper surface formed with a relatively narrow wheel-flange grooveof substantial depth, said groove positioned nearer one side face of the block than the other side face .to provide portions of vary-` ing height and width for engaging the heads Vof said sections, the main rail head-engag ingportion possessing relatively a greater height and a less width than the other said portion, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Y y

3. AV filler meansladapted for use as ar spacing `connection between a post railsection of predeterminedbut lessthan theA maX- Y imum main rail Size and a main rail section whose size may be the maximum or less, comprising an elongated block adapted to seat upon adjacent base flanges of the sections, and having its upper-surface channeled to provide a relatively narrow wheelflange groove of substantial depth which: is positioned to one side of the plane ofthe',

line .ofseparation ofthe basefla-nges, there l by providing opposed rail section Vhead-engaging portions of variable width, the main higher and of a vlesser width thanthe other said portion whereby to present a surface conformingcto the head of a main rail. of maximum size and capable of being reduced Y to fit a main rail section of less size.

RAYMOND BENSON FISHER.` 

